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When he was 4 years old, Ed Dwight built an airplane out of orange crates from Safeway in the backyard of his house in Kansas City, Kansas.But while…

It was a rainy night in April in Lawrence, Kansas. Liberty Hall was hosting the twelfth stop on JónsiBirgisson’ssolo live experience tour of 2010. During…

Kris Wade remembers 33-year-old Jasmine Collins, as a "young person, out there, struggling to survive on her own." Collins, a transgender woman, was…

Why do we mark significant moments with rituals? On Central Standard's one-year anniversary, a UMKC professor explains why these rites of passage are…

When Folk Alliance International decided last spring on "a clenched fist of resistance against the struggle," as executive director Aengus Finnan…

Emily Brown's lifestyle acutely changed when her two young children were diagnosed with severe food allergies.“For kids and individuals living with food…

Krystle Warren's "To the Middle" is a song that sounds a little like a carnival ride, but it's actually her love song to Kansas City. Written when she…

Talking about the Johnson and Wyandotte County border in Kansas for the past few months literally has hit close to home for me — I live just a few blocks…

On Wednesday, Central Standard host Gina Kaufmann discussed a recent photography exhibit, I, Too, Am America. The photographers are part of the Langston…

Ben Webster hated to fly on airplanes.When he went to Europe to perform for his fans across the Atlantic, the trip was one-way. A contemporary of Charlie…